Streaming subscription costs are rising rapidly, with US households now using an average of 4–5 streaming services. This surge in subscriptions has led to higher monthly expenses and new trends in content consumption.

US Streaming Services Boom Amid Rising Subscription Costs

In an attempt to draw more people to its Walmart+ subscription service, American multinational retail corporation Walmart on Monday struck a deal with Paramount Global to offer its Paramount+ streaming service to its subscribers.

To compete with Amazon, Walmart strikes streaming deal with Paramount+

A slow-burn Romanian drama, a documentary about baseball in Japan and an experimental Chilean film-memoir are among the best international movies on offer. Here’s a sampling.

Stream these five international films now

In what could truly be a turning point for Hollywood projects, Oscar-nominated projects will no longer be eligible to compete for Emmy Awards starting in 2021. The Television Academy clarified on Thursday, a couple of days after Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' okayed some streaming films to compete in the race next year thanks to theatres shutting down and production houses having no other alternative but to release their films on streaming platforms.

Oscar-nominated projects banned from Emmy Awards competition from 2021

Starting today, YouTube will play videos in standard definition (SD) by default for the next 30 days. As coronavirus continues to lock down the globe, streaming giants are looking for ways to cope with demand from people staying at their homes.

Streaming giants switch to standard definition to keep internet alive during coronavirus lockdown

You should probably say goodbye to uncensored entertainment content on OTT platforms in India after recent news reports suggest that leading platforms such as Netflix, Hotstar, Zee5 among many others have been holding discussions with the Indian government to employ a self-regulation code for the content they show.

OTT platforms like Zee5, Netflix in talks with Indian government for self regulation

With the advent of multiple OTT platforms, actor Leonardo DiCaprio has expressed concern at the falling practice and popularity of traditional film-making and said that it is on the verge of extinction.

Traditional film-making becoming a Dinosaur in age of streaming: Leonardo DiCaprio

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